In the intro post to this thread, it says update to KDE 3.5.10. But the only 3.5.10 ebuild is for kdelibs, and in fact that ebuild is preventing me from updating ANY 3.5 kde. Where are the 3.5.10 ebuilds?

In the intro post to this thread, it says update to KDE 3.5.10. But the only 3.5.10 ebuild is for kdelibs, and in fact that ebuild is preventing me from updating ANY 3.5 kde. Where are the 3.5.10 ebuilds?

They are not yet marked stable, and the 3.5.10 series is no longer available via monolithic packages.

reavertm wrote:

requested update (as new users are lost it seems...)
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If you have any suggestions for improvements regarding this guide, feel free to post them here.

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If you have any suggestions for improvements regarding this guide, feel free to post them here. Please refrain from general discussion and do not post ebuild/installation questions there.

That question appears to be in regards to one of the questions in the FAQ.

reavertm wrote:

Q: When I start KDE 3, Plasma is being executed and my KDE 3 applications are either crashing or just not working. Konqueror refuses to start, complaining about default stylesheet version mismatch. What's going on?

A: This is the conflict related to mixed KDE3/KDE4 sessions. To fix this issue you need to upgrade your existing KDE 3.5.x installations to 3.5.10 or newer.

As such, it seems to me to be valid feedback.

reavertm wrote:

I suggest off-topic posts like the one above should be deleted/moved on sight as they only distract moderators/admin who watch this thread for updates.

Off topic posts will be dealt with as necessary.

What is your opinion on adding a note to the above quoted FAQ along the lines of: "Note that the 3.5.10 series has not been given stable keywords yet and that the monolithic packages have been discontinued."?

The problem is, the mentioned reader has interpreted FAQ literally as
"To fix this issue you need to upgrade your existing KDE 3.5.x installations to 3.5.10 or newer."
doesn't tell to emerge kde-base/kde-3.5.10 (we know that such monolithic ebuild no longer exists) - it is just a hint to upgrade KDE3 - hence in my opinion his question was ebuild/installation-related not dierctly guide related (well, one would say then it's related because it shows that threads guide is misleading).

It may be a good idea to add note:

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Note that the 3.5.10 series has not been given stable keywords yet and that the monolithic packages have been discontinued.

but I really think that it won't help either as it requires basic knowledge about "what are monolithic packages?" and further "how to migrate from monolithic to split/meta ebuilds" and in this scenario "how to unmask/unkeyword 3.5.10" and then maybe "how to use kde sets?" - and the conclusion is - people who install KDE4 (which is unstable = keyword masked) should already have required knowledge to proceed further (with upgrading existing KDE3 etc). Anyway feel free to add it._________________Maciek

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While I agree that bug wranglers are worth recruiting, I am not yet sure of adding such an announcement to the guide. So I offer a counterproposal: if you can get a project member to do a quick write up along those lines it could be posted as an announcement, so that it would appear at the top of the index, then after it no longer appeared there, due to additional announcements being posted, it can either be merged with the guide or placed as a separate section specific announcement for some period to be determined later.

Just before putting announcement here - the idea was discussed with Gentoo KDE HT lead Tomáš Chvátal (scarabeus), but of course the form of the announcement was mine, then I decided post it here. Links were given to scarabeus and Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) as well, who I'm working closely with (I'm one of contributors/maintainers of official experimental gentoo kde overlay [kde-crazy]). Gentoo KDE herd needs should be officially clarified during next meeting that should take place on #gentoo-kde this week._________________Maciek

This is overlay used by Gentoo KDE team, it's official but unsupported. It contains only KDE4 applications that are compatible with KDE4 from Portage repository but they are not there for some reasons. Some of those packages may appear in Portage repository in a future. Note that no KDE releases will be available in this overlay

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This overlay is playground for Gentoo KDE team. That being said it's known to eat puppies and kill kittens. It contains live (Subversion) KDE4 ebuilds and some other packages considered experimental. Please DON'T report any bugs regarding this overlay.

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Support thread for official KDE4 testing overlay is here:
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This is overlay used by Gentoo KDE team, it's official but unsupported. It contains KDE4 unstable releases as well as releases that are supposed to appear in the Portage repository. There are as well 3rd party applications that are compatible with KDE4 from Portage repository but they are not there for some reasons. Some of those packages may appear in Portage in a future.
Additionally, this overlay contains live (Subversion) KDE4 ebuilds as well as some other highly experimental (and probably broken) packages.
If you have some suggestions or you would like to contribute, contact Gentoo KDE team on #gentoo-kde.
Please DON'T report any bugs regarding live packages in this overlay. For bugs related KDE release candidates you should add [kde-testing] to description, but it's always better to ask on forum or IRC channel first.
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This overlay is playground for Gentoo KDE team. That being said it's known to eat puppies and kill kittens. It contains live (Subversion) KDE4 ebuilds and some other packages considered experimental. Please DON'T report any bugs regarding this overlay.
If you have some suggestions or you would like to contribute, contact Gentoo KDE team on #gentoo-kde.
Support thread for official KDE4 experimental overlay is here:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-722264.html

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This overlay is deprecated and will be removed in a future. All its contents can be found in kde-testing overlay now.
Note that live KDE4 packages are now masked by package.mask in kde-testing, so to migrate seamlessly one will need to manually unmask those -9999 ebuilds.
Qt4 live ebuilds have been moved from kde-crazy overlay recently and can be found in Qt-exclusive experimental overlay now.
To make use of them, choose qting-edge overlay in layman.

As always, feel free to correct any grammar/spelling errors._________________Maciek

Note that live KDE4 packages are now masked by package.mask in kde-testing, so to migrate seamlessly one will need to manually unmask those -9999 ebuilds.

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Note that live KDE4 packages are now masked by package.mask in kde-testing, so to migrate seamlessly one will need to manually unmask those -9999 ebuilds. Gentoo KDE team has prepared appropriate files in Documentation/package.unmask/kde-live directory in overlay.

Using KDE 4.2: If you're having problems with KDE3 applications giving "file not found" type errors, it may be because the $PATH is filtered to exclude KDE3 (for example, the weekalarm script in Amarok 1.4 fails in this manner). The solution to this is to launch KDE3 apps using the "kde3" script. eg. Change the run command of the amarok menu item to: kde3 amarok %U_________________http://gentoo-wiki.com :: http://lug.org.uk :: http://www.linux.org/groups/ :: User Blogs

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This is overlay used by Gentoo KDE team, it's official but unsupported. It contains KDE4 unstable releases as well as releases that are supposed to appear in the Portage repository. There are as well 3rd party applications that are compatible with KDE4 from Portage repository but they are not there for some reasons. Some of those packages may appear in Portage in the future.
Additionally, this overlay contains live (Subversion) KDE4 ebuilds as well as some other highly experimental (and probably broken) packages.

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periodically updated main development tree snapshots (-4.2.xx)

live KDE ebuilds tracking 4.2.x development branch (-4.2.9999)

3rd party KDE packages that are not in Portage repository for various reasons

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To make use of them, choose the qting-edge overlay in layman.

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This overlay is deprecated and will be removed in a future. All its contents can be found in kde-testing overlay now.
Note that live KDE4 packages are now masked by package.mask in kde-testing, so to migrate seamlessly one will need to manually unmask those -9999 ebuilds. Gentoo KDE team has prepared appropriate files in Documentation/package.unmask/kde-live directory in overlay.
Qt4 live ebuilds have been moved from kde-crazy overlay recently and can be found in a Qt-exclusive experimental overlay now.
To make use of them, choose the qting-edge overlay in layman.

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This overlay currently contains experimental work related to KDE3 (3.5.10), especially regarding cooperation with already installed KDE4. If you experience various KDE 3/4 mixed sessions issues or duplicated menu entries, you may want to give it a try and help Gentoo KDE team with testing.
Gentoo KDE team can be found on #gentoo-kde.